Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 45.4 2-Core 90.3 47% 71.8 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 178 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2131) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 1.7 1% 1.83 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500G 500GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 93 97 96 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.2% Good	Read 242 Write 198 Mixed 215 SusWrite 94.3 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 41.7 135% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 54.5 46% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 121%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 617GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 93 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 69.4 Mixed 68 SusWrite 94.4 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 40%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	6x

SSD
WDS1 20G2G0A-00JH30 120GBWDCBench 40%, 420 samples	1x
870 EVO 500G 500GBSamsungBench 88%, 499 samples	1x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	3x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	1x
RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 28%, 60 samples	1x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16